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Siobhan Owens has been a parent of pupils in our school for many years.
She has been very proactive within the school community in promoting
animal welfare. On numerous occasions she has brought in an animal
(dog, hedgehog, parrot and many more). She went into each class
and discussed, explained and demonstrated all aspects of animal care
and training.
Siobhan is very competent and knowledgeable in her field.
The children learn so much from her visits and she imparts the knowledge
in a lovely and effective manner.
We are very grateful to have Siobhan's expertise to call on whenever
we request it. Siobhan is very generous with her time and in many
instances approached the school with a particular type of vist for the
school. I can highly recommend her.
Principal H. Coleman, St. Finian's National School
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In July we found ourselves with a new family member .We already had
two happy staffies which were a little spoiled and hyper but three
staffies with the same behaviour was overwhelming so we had to admit
to ourselves we needed help, and having dogs all our lives we thought
we knew a lot so that was the first step .We got Siobhan’s number from
the Internet and by the time she left our home after two hours of
explaining what WE needed to do ,well to be honest I cannot explain
the relief of actually not having to part with our new girl and making
it all work .
Some of the things she suggested was Agility for the new
staffie as she was full of energy ,obedience for the middle girl, and
just let the old lady chill out.We have done all she suggested and
this is a different house with three happy staffies and two happy pack
leaders.
Siobhan is brilliant at what she does and has a genuine love
of animals, she also understands the desperate situation's we
pack-leaders find ourselves in.That one phone-call has changed
everything for the better. Many thanks Siobhan
Sheila and Andrew Smith
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"We have a beautiful black collie cross called Jack who is in general well behaved.
Lately he has started growling and showing signs of aggression towards other dogs
while on the lead, off the lead he seemed fine.
Also it was hard to get him to come back when called Siobhan came for a
consultation for a full hour and a half. We chatted about what we wanted to achieve
with Jack and Siobhan pointed out several things I was
doing wrong and gave me some great advise for correcting them.
We took Jack out for a walk and Siobhan was brilliant with him.
One example was when Jack passed a certain house that has a dog that barks
out the window every time we pass, Jack usually pulls hard on the lead growls
and bark back at the dog and tries to pull me into the garden.
Within minutes Siobhan fixed it and showed me what to do, on the way back
I was holding the lead and for the first time ever Jack just walked by the barking
dog with no reaction.
Siobhan has given myself and my family exercises to do each day with Jack that
do not take up much time. I can see a big improvement in Jack already, he is showing
no aggression on the lead. Siobhan is coming again to me this week and I am looking
forward to more training for Jack and I.
I would definitely recommend anyone having problems with their dog or just want the
basic training to contact Siobhan, she is a lovely person who is very skilled in handling
and training dogs and their owners."
Dorothy Sweeney and family, Dublin.
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I found your training with us and kiesha to be absolutely brilliant. It made me take a look
at my own confidence and stamina towards not just kiesha, but other dogs too.
After a couple of months of using the techniques you taught me and my family, it helped
us to enjoy having kiesha and to look forward to doing things with her as we were able to be calm
and give positive energy when we trained her. She has become incredibly sociable and loves
being out. We also love being out with her. She is a pleasure to feed and give treats and bones to
as she is not one bit nasty about giving them back. And now we don't even need to ask her to
sit for meals or treats as she does it straight away when she sees either item.
She is just amazing and I don't think she would be like this if it wasn't for the training and
encouragement you gave to me and my family. She is also great at walking. Basically,
she knows her place and knows that we are the pack leaders. She is definitely a very
happy dog and when people see her, they comment on her mannerism and how friendly she is.
She is great around children.
My parents love having her in their home as she is very good mannered and when we give her
treats over there, they are amazed at how well she sits when told to do so and giving both paws
when asked. Also, the confidence helps in other basic day to day stuff.
Thank you so much for all your help with her and us.
Bye for now.
Teresa Lally
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